Green Project Awards launches series of conferences in 2014
The Green Project Awards organization intends to create, through 2014, great moments of reflection and debate on the most pressing issues for sustainable development. Sustainable consumption, sustainable cities, green economy and Natural Capital give the motto for the development of a series of conferences, which will be promoted in partnership with a number of prominent entities in different practice areas.This cycle of conferences kicked off today with the debate on "innovation and sustainability in the cities of the future", taking place at Culturgest, and with the intervention of different speakers: Ana Morais Wheat, Director-General of the APED â€" Associação Portuguesa de Distribution Companies, Miguel Moreira, Director of PT, José Manuel Bandeira, Managing Director of Dalkia, and Afonso Lobato Faria, President of Ãguas de Portugal, the newest partner of the Green Project Awards.Sustainable consumption is another preferential areas, giving name to one of the new categories of Green Project Awards. Thus, the Conference will be held June 5, in partnership with Ikea and the Continent. To help draw the themes and projects to be addressed in this area, the Green Project Awards counted with the collaboration of APED, DECO, and the Institute of social sciences of the University of Lisbon.The Green Project Awards and EDIA-development company and the Alqueva infrastructures will create an award for the promotion of sustainability in the region of Alqueva, in 2014. And in this context, the EDIA is also a partner in the GPA in conducting a Conference on Natural Capital, where agriculture, forest, sea and biodiversity will be highlighted.In 2014, the theme of the green economy will continue to earn featured, ending the cycle of conferences, together with the delivery of prizes to the winners of the 7th Edition of the Green Project Awards.Present in Portugal, Brazil and Cape Verde, the Green Project Awards already received over 1000 applications and recognized more than 60 projects. The GPA aims to arrive later this year to Angola and Mozambique.
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